Pitcher cooler



Aug. 8, 1950 J. E. PHELPS 2,517,922

PITCHER COOLER Filed Dec. 22, 1947 James E. Phelps INVENTOR.

Patented Aug. 8, 1950 UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE PITCHER COOLER James E. Phelps, Erie, Kans.

Application December 22, 1947, Serial No. 793,247

A further object of the invention is to provide a pitcher cooler employing ice and positioned directly in the pitcher, yet including means for preventing the melted ice from mixing with the contents of the pitcher.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pitcher cooler which is simple in construction, which may be easily and conveniently used, and which will not in any way interfere with the pouring of liquid from the pitcher.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a pitcher cooler which Will readily lend itself to economical manufacture and which may be used in association with new pitchers, as well as those already in existence.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a pitcher cooler which is otherwise Well adapted for the purpose for which it is intended.

With the above more important objects in View, and such other objects as may become apparent as this specification proceeds, the invention consists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a cross sectional view of the'invention, shown in a pitcher; I

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the receptacle used in the invention, and

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a ballast used therein.

Like characters of reference are employed to designate like parts in the specification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing in detail, the invention consists of a cooler designated generally by the reference character 5, such as may be conveniently and effectively employed with a suitable pitcher 6, of more-or-less conventional design.

The cooler 5 embodies in its construction a cylindrical receptacle 1 disposed in a substantially upright position and provided at the upper end thereof with a removable filler cap or a screw cap 8, while the lower end of the receptacle is formed integrally with a protuberance 9 which, in turn, is provided with an eye or aperture ID.

A wire link II is anchored at one end thereof 1 Claim. (Cl. 62-142) in the eye I O as indicated at l2, while the remaining end portion of the link is arranged to provide a hook [3.

A ballast block l6, provided with an integral eye I1, is removably positioned on the bottom M of the pitcher B and the hook [3 of the link II is separably connected to the eye H.

The rod II and the ballast block 16 thus constitute what may be referred to as an anchor for the receptacle 1, and when the inventionis placed in use, ice may be placed in the receptacle for the purpose of cooling the contents of the pitcher 6. It will be apparent that the anchor constituted by the parts II and 16 will maintain the receptacle l in an upright position in the pitcher, and, by virtue of the weight of the block I6, will also prevent the entire cooler from leaving the pitcher when the contents of the latter are being poured.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will be clearly apparent from the foregoing disclosure and accordingly, further description thereof at this point is deemed unnecessary.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having described the claimed as new is:

The combination of a vessel containing a quantity of liquid, a cooler comprising a watertight ice receptacle remova'bly positioned in said vessel and including a filler cap, an eye provided at the bot-- tom of said receptacle, a removable ballast block positioned on the bottom of said vessel, an eye invention, what is provided on said block, and a link having hookshaped end portions movably connected to said eyes, whereby said receptacle is anchored to said block.

JAMES E. PHELPS.

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